TURKEY

Stronger identity

“To counter the strong nationalist pressures, Turkey must continue her course towards a democratic process that admits pluralism and recognises minorities. Only in this way can she show Europe that she’s ready to enter the Union”, says Monsignor LUIGI PADOVESE , expressing the Church’s thought on the Turkish political situation today. Apostolic Vicar for Anatolia […]

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HUNGARY

Speaking out loud

One of the major problems of the Hungarian Catholic media is the continuing reflection in the clergy – a leftover from Communist times – of a conviction that pastoral initiatives should be kept secret. This suggests just how strong was the influence then exerted by the Soviet regime on the Church. Apart from internal problems, […]

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France: criticise religions, but don’t ridicule them

Three quarters of the French think it’s wrong to ridicule religions, their founders, their believers and their representatives. That’s the finding of an opinion poll published on www.pelerin.info, the website of the Christian weekly of the same name, which conducted the survey, posing to the interviewees (a sample of 1000 people over the age of […]

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Bulgaria: youth and civic life

The city of Rakovski – the only Bulgarian city with a Catholic majority – will shortly approve the European Charter for the participation of youth in the life of cities and regions. The European Charter was recently presented to the young by the city’s Councillor for Youth Policies Nikolaj Koprinkov. “This document – he told […]

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Portugal: a benefit for maternity

The “Não Obrigada” platform, the lay movement most visible during the recent referendum campaign for a “no” to abortion, hopes the result of the referendum last Sunday will lead the State to support maternity in a more active way. One of the representatives of the movement, the physician João Paulo Malta, has proposed, to this […]

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CCEE

Thoughts, experiences, projects

Collegiality between the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe, ecumenism, relations between the Church and culture and society in Europe: these were the main focuses of activity of the CCEE (Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe) in recent months. The first meeting of the new CCEE Presidency to discuss its plan of work for the years […]

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FRONT PAGE

Showing the face

With the accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1st January this year, the population of the European Union enlarged to 27 member states has risen from 456 to 493 million citizens. The citizens of the countries involved have celebrated their entry into the Union, which is regarded as a source of hope, of promise and […]

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Lisbon Strategy (2)

Intervening during the plenary session of the third Joint Parliamentary Assembly on the Lisbon Strategy, the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso commented on the conclusions of the three workgroups regarding practical measures to improve the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy. With particular reference to the need to strike the right balance between […]

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VERSO LA AEE3: APERTA OGGI POMERIGGIO A WITTENBERG LA TERZA TAPPA (2)

"L’unità spirituale e culturale dell’Europa è una grande sfida per i cristiani: in un’Europa che si sta unificando la Chiesa deve costituire un importante fattore di unità e speranza" ha osservato il card. Pèter Ërdo, presidente Ccee e primate d’Ungheria, intervenuto oggi pomeriggio, presso l’Università Leucorea a Wittenberg (Germania) alla sessione di apertura della terza […]

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VERSO LA AEE3: APERTA OGGI POMERIGGIO A WITTENBERG LA TERZA TAPPA

"Senza l’amore e la misericordia di Dio non possiamo contribuire molto, come cristiani e come Chiese, alla costruzione dell’Europa". Lo ha detto oggi pomeriggio, nella cattedrale di Wittenberg (Germania), il vescovo protestante Axel Noack, durante la cerimonia di apertura della terza tappa verso l’Assemblea ecumenica europea (Aee3) che, promossa dal Consiglio delle Conferenze episcopali d’Europa […]

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